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In 1884, Walt Whitman purchased a modest two-story frame house on Mickle Street for $1750. It is the only house he ever owned. He lived there until his death in 1892, at the age of seventy-two. Walt Whitman lived in Camden from 1884 until his death. This is his final burial spot in Camden's Harleigh Cemetery.

In 1884, Walt Whitman purchased a modest, two-story frame house on Mickle Street for $1,750. It is the only house he ever owned. He lived there until his death in 1892, at the age of seventy-two. This house serves as a memorial to his memory.

Among his many and renown talents, Franklin was also a prolific writer. This burial site memorizes the man that helped make a nation. Thousands make the pilgrimage here each year to honor and pay respects to this famous and influential writer.

This statue if part historical & part allegorical as Rodin pays homage to Victor Hugo. The sculpture is located on the front, second floor of the Ruth & Raymond G. Perelman Bldg. and NRHP site, originally the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co. Bldg.